Tehran is grappling with a water crisis so severe the Iranian president has suggested people may need to evacuate, and the ...

Ismail Mirzadeh never imagined that the fate of his son Jilan would be sealed simply, Just as he does on any normal day, the 17-year-old left his home in Mahabad, in western Iran. He vanished into ...

The only factor that could have slowed the plan was rain, but autumn, too, passed without it. With drinking water supplies for more than 10 million ...

Iran’s own data already point to a long-term pattern of declining precipitation, hotter summers, and intensifying droughts.